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James Bond, 007, and associated trademarks are the intellectual property of Ian Fleming Publications, EON Productions and their subsidiaries and affiliates. No copyright infringement is intended or implied. THE JAMES BOND LEXICON: The Unofficial Guide to the World of 007 in Movies, Novels and Comics, is a scholarly source-work that has not been licensed or authorized by any person or entity associated with Ian Fleming Publications or EON Productions.

007 Incarnations

“The name is Bond, James Bond.” It’s a singular introduction that immediately conjures up our personal vision of the man, be it a favorite Bond actor, an interpretation from the comics, or a 007 inspired up by Ian Fleming’s prose. Yet during the research for the James Bond Lexicon we found that there are many different versions of the James Bond character in existence, each with their own distinct timeline and history. What follows is a listing of those we found. It probably isn’t a complete list and we’re always happy to debate, revise, or add to the list.

Bond #1 – Ian Fleming’s Bond – Debuted 1953 – Appears in all the novels and short stories written by Ian Fleming, plus the continuation novels by Kingsley Amis, Sebastian Foulks, William Boyd, and Anthony Horowitz.

Bond #2 – 1950’s TV Bond – Debuted 1954 – From the 1954 TV version of Casino Royale as played by Barry Nelson.

Bond #3 – The Newspaper Bond – Debuted 1958 – Featured in the newspaper comic strips originally published in the British Daily Express and Daily Star newspapers between 1958 and 1983.

Bond #6 – Manga Bond – Debuted 1964 – Featured in Japanese comics originally published between 1964 and 1967. (Not covered in the James Bond Lexicon)

Bond #7 – Uncle James #1 – Debuted 1967 – As mentioned in the novel 003 1/2 The Adventures of James Bond Jr.

Bond #8 – Sir James Bond – Debuted in 1967 – As played by David Niven in the 1967 version of Casino Royale.

Bond #9 – Chilean Comics Bond – Debuted in 1968 – Featured in the James Bond comic book series published in Chile by Zig-Zag between 1968 and 1971. (Not covered in the James Bond Lexicon)

Bond #10 – The “Real” James Bond – Debuted in 1973 – As featured in John Pearson’s fictional biography of Bond.

Bond #11 – Gardner’s Bond – Debuted in 1981 – Appears in the continuation novels authored by John Gardner that were published between 1981 and 1996

Bond #12 – Swedish Comics Bond – Debuted in 1982 – Featured in original James Bond stories published by Semic in various Scandinavian countries between 1982 and 1996. (Not covered in the James Bond Lexicon)

Bond #27 – The Dynamite Bond – Debuted 2015 – As featured in the various original comics stories published by Dynamite Comics.

Bond #28 – The Origins Bond – Debuted in 2018 – As featured in the James Bond Origins comics series published by Dynamite Comics

Radio Bond – We’ve been asked a few times where the radio and audio versions of James Bond may fit in this list. As these tend to be adaptations of existing material (mainly the Fleming stories) we don’t count them as a separate incarnation, but if anyone knows of a licensed original-for-audio Bond story then we’d be happy to add it to the list.

Unauthorized Bond – The James Bond Lexicon project focuses on stories that have been officially licensed, or acknowledged in an official capacity, so the various incarnation of Bond in pastiches, fan-fiction, cameos, spoofs etc. aren’t covered here.